Publishable summary:
CORALIS delivery 9.4 addresses task 9.3, focusing on solutions for cross-sectorial replicability. A primary objective has been to catalogue emerging industrial symbiosis technologies and to facilitate means for cross-sector replication. This was achieved by gathering data (of EU-funded research projects and other) from web portals aimed at this very purpose and by compiling and analysing this data. A conclusion is that the portals do not provide users with easily searchable and usable information about technological solutions, with the exception of Water Europe Marketplace. Consequently, a concept called “Industrial Technology Solution Briefs” has been developed to provide information in a more user-friendly manner. A number of such briefs have also been produced as illustrative examples. (However, the task’s deliverable is a PDF, not a searchable database/web portal). In addition to the brief concept and illustrative briefs, including the CORALIS technologies, hundreds of identified potential technologies are listed in the appendix. Another part of the task involves compiling and analysing the potential for industrial symbiosis and various emerging technological solutions on a larger scale and in a longer time frame. The potential for a hundred existing waste streams has been compiled. Of these, thirteen have been selected that together represent a clear majority of the total potential. High potential exists within iron/steel, aluminium, and waste treatment sectors, as well as for combustion plants and for waste heat utilization. As a complement to the analysis of existing (historical data) waste streams, two examples are given of how disruptive technological shifts can lead to waste streams quickly changing or completely disappearing. These are naturally more speculative, as the technological shifts have not yet occurred.
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